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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

Number of Awards: 7,383
Total Amount Awarded: $3,910,663,426

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2015 Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe: Implementation and Evaluation of Tools for Life in Jackson Public School District in MI NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative THE RAND CORPORATION CA 2015-CK-BX-0005 $4,988,217 Closed
2015 Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2015-DN-BX-K031 $219,127 Closed
2015 Development and Properties of Kernel-Based Methods for the Interpretation and Presentation of Forensic Evidence NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics South Dakota State University SD 2015-R2-CX-0028 $33,513 Closed
2015 Development and Validation of a Screening Protocol to Identify Elder Abuse in United States Emergency Departments NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL NC 2015-IJ-CX-0022 $968,933 Closed
2015 Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence Department of Forensic Science VA 2015-DN-BX-K008 $149,504 Closed
2015 Development of a Comprehensive Genetic Tool for Identification of Cannabis Sativa Samples for Forensic and Intelligence Purposes NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Sam Houston State University TX 2015-R2-CX-0030 $46,008 Closed
2015 Development of a novel human materials hyperspectral remote sensing tool for forensic investigations and operations for U.S. law enforcement NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Miami University OH 2015-DN-BX-K011 $547,722 Closed
2015 Development of a Self-sustaining, Open Access Forensic STR Sequence Diversity Database NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes NC State University NC 2015-DN-BX-K062 $945,746 Closed
2015 Development of Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometric and Multivariate Statistical Analysis Methods for Rapid High Throughput Analysis and Identification of Psychotropic Plant Species NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Research Foundation for The SUNY, University at Albany NY 2015-DN-BX-K057 $688,158 Closed
2015 Development of Modern Microcrystal Tests for Controlled Drugs, Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Bath Salts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute, Inc. IL 2015-IJ-CX-K010 $122,428 Closed
2015 Development of Modern Subadult Standards: Improved Age and Sex Estimation in U.S.Forensic Practice NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Idaho State University ID 2015-DN-BX-K009 $510,409 Closed
2015 Development of PCR-Free DNA Typing Strategies via Real-Time High Throughput Sequencing NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2015-DN-BX-K068 $719,633 Closed
2015 Development of SERS-active forensic evidence swabs for rapid, non-destructive confirmatory serological screening and STR typing of human bodily fluids NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Western Carolina University NC 2015-NE-BX-K003 $346,740 Closed
2015 Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0010 $50,000 Closed
2015 DNA Backlog Reduction and Capacity Enhancement FY15 NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Montgomery County OH 2015-DN-BX-0109 $212,261 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity and Backlog NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2015-DN-BX-0118 $1,450,000 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc TX 2015-DN-BX-0072 $1,172,752 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement & Backlog Reduction Program - St. Charles County NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program St. Charles County MO 2015-DN-BX-0035 $76,500 Closed
2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Massachusetts State Police MA 2015-DN-BX-0108 $1,275,624 Closed
2015 DNA methylation analysis using High Resolution Melt for body fluid identification in forensic sciences NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0012 $49,994 Closed
2015 Effective Methods to Assess Exposure to Violence and Victimization Among American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Phase II NIJ FY 15 Office of Research and Evaluation Continuations American Indian Development Associates, LLC NM 2014-MU-MU-K001 $536,941 Closed
2015 Electrochemical and Colorimetric Aptamer-Based Sensors for Rapid On-site Screening of Synthetic Cannabinoids in Seized Substances and Biological samples. NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Florida International University Board of Trustees FL 2015-R2-CX-0034 $50,000 Open
2015 Encapsulated phase change nanoparticles as thermally-readable covert taggants NIJ FY 15 Non-solicited Applications Northeastern University MA 2012-DN-BX-K821 $305,965 Closed
2015 Engineering a high-fidelity, damage-tolerant polymerase for forensic analysis of damaged DNA samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Northeastern University MA 2015-R2-CX-0011 $45,863 Closed
2015 Enhanced Capacity in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory (MCL) DNA Analysis Unit through Personnel and Supplies NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-DN-BX-0025 $127,190 Closed